Exporting 4K, IG & YT

[Amar Khan]

Hi All,

I was wondering, what are the best export settings for Instagram and You Tube?

I a recording on the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH5 with a Lumix G X Vario 12 - 35mm f.2,8 II, 4K.  Would be good to know how you all t-week your export settings for those two particular social media platforms?

Thanks!

[Vishu_Aggarwal]

All the social media use H.264 as the codec (MP4 format) which you can select from the export window in the Format select list. Or you can use the Media Encoder which all already have the presets for Social Media.

[David Arbor]

You should go to each platform and find out what their accepted formats and settings are. YouTube lets you upload very high quality files, it even accepts ProRes, but as said above, AME has presets for YouTube, and that's a good starting point to understand what you might want to use.

Alternatively, the Adaptive Bit Rate presets are also very good.

[excited_Genie16B8]

I don't use Instagram, but I've found I get the best results on YouTube by choosing the QuickTime Format and the GoPro Cineforn YUV 10 bit Preset.

[calebwojcik]

For YouTube I would use the built-in YouTube presets for exporting from Premiere or Media Encoder. There are 1080p and 4K versions.

For Instagram, I would modify the existing Facebook presets to be the proper aspect ratio (4:5 or 9:16) for vertical video. They are going to compress it a bunch already, so no need to have bit-rate higher than 5.

[premieregal · Accepted solution]

Hi Amar - Here are some tutorials that can help.

IG Feed Settings: How to setup, create & export HD Instagram Videos in Premiere Pro CC - YouTube

IGTV Settings: IGTV Video Requirements and Editing Tips | From Import to Upload | Premiere Pro CC Tutorial - YouTub...

YouTube Settings: IGTV Video Requirements and Editing Tips | From Import to Upload | Premiere Pro CC Tutorial - YouTub...

[Amar Khan]

Perfect! Thanks!